Wardrobe-trunk.



P. R. 301.2. 'WABDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1913.

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wspecification FRANK n. BoLz, or soMEnvILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application led Hay t?, 1913; Serial No. 768,242.

To all whom/15 may 'concern y Be it known that L FRANK R. Benz, residing A dieser and State of Massachusetts; have invented certain Improvements in Wardrobe- Trunks, er .which the following is a speci lisation. y

The resent invention relates to improvements 1n travelers trunks andhas especial reference to the ty e denominated .as wardrobe trunks in w ich articles of clothing suchl as mens and womens suits can be p placed upon hangers and suspended withinl the body of the trunk.

In such trunks as commonly arranged the suspended clothing lies flat somewhat in layers each of which have to be lifted away or the trunk haste be stood upon end while the' outer cover or' lid is thrownback toreach the garments. My improvement consists of hinging a tray inside the trunk body in such a fashion that after the lid of the trunk is raised it may be elevated oh 'end and swung outside the body ihto held rigidly while the lid maybe closed it desired. While in this elevated position outside-the body of the triinlisuits of clothing may be hung inside the tr'ay and a follower pressed upon tliem to hold them firmly in place, and then the tray turned down in side the trunk. And to 'remove clothing the reverse movements are carriedfoii-t, as when the tray is elevated to the ixed" rigid vertical position 'outside lthe trunk any article can be easily and conveniently removed without disturbing the rem in er.

My improvement is adaptable to any style of trunk of ordinary make and may be applied thereto without iiiutilatin'g the saine, as no specially constructed body is requisite.

ln the and illustrate the same, Figure 1 is a side View ot a trunk showing its tray elevated on end oi'" the outside of its body; Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the trunk enlarged; Fig. 4 is a partial plan View of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the trunk; Fig. 6 is a side view ot the bracket detached.

lin the drawings A represents the trunk as a whole, while a and b are the bottom and lid thereof, and c is a movable tray supported on cleats inside the trunk in the usual way. The hinges It h upon which the tray turns are bent at right angles near the at Somerville, in the county of Mid" lthereto on the outside by a vertical position and there.

drawings, which accompany this.

center of their length and one part extends thro-ugh one end of the trunk and is fastened bolts, while the opposite part or end is fastened by bolts to the bottom of the tray, and are so proportioned that when the free end of the tray is elevated it will swing outside and away from the trunk as shown in the figures. The iron bracket d on which rests the tray when it is swung out of the trunk'has one end Z2 to serve as a pintle upon .which is a rejecting stud 7, and has an extension 'd3 to the right terminating in the inward projecting hook d5. Normally the bracket is turned inward across the trunk as shown im Fig. if, its extension d3 lying in the space between the end c2 of the tray and the end wall azof the trunk, the pintle Z2 playing in the lug f which is riveted to the said wall;

Normally the tray lies inside the trunk, and when it is desired 'to 'use the same or to get at articles below it in the trunk, the bracket is raised and swung outward and lowered to the edge of the end wall a? of the trunk which enters and rests in the gap Z4 in the bracket, and the stud (il rests in a slot f2 in the upper edge. of the lug ftancl- .the end of the brace d6 bears on the pin a4 in the `.end otthe trunk It will be seen that when 1n this posit-ion thesbracket is rigidly held to the trunkyand adapted to bear the weight of the. traywhen its inner or free end is raised and it is swung outward on its hinges h it into the vertical position represented by the figures until the bolt of the spring catch 7.", snaps under the end of the hook extension d5, whereupon `the tray is held from falling backward and its end bears upon the upper Jface-'of the' bracket.

lNhentlietray lis elevated and support on the bracket, the lid b may be lowered and raised at will, and the articles in tige, trunk reached; and when thus elevated 't follower or frame c@ which bears upon the clothing in the tray may be taken out and the suits or clothes upon the supports c" which hang on the extension rod es (not fully represented) may be removed or others put in place, after which the follower is replaced and the tray may be lowered into the trunk. To return the the trunk, the catch c is released and the tray laid down onto its cleats turning inward on its hinges h `h, then the bracket is vraised to release the pintle stud from its slot, and permit the lextension d and brace d6 to be turned yinward so that the bracket` 'structure described may be changed with-- out departing from the spirit of the invention.

Placed around the trunk at the meeting dine of the lower part a and the lid b is a valance o which consists of a band or strip of iron secured to the edge of the lid and so disposed that its lower'part covers the meeting line, shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and the bracket d and the hinges L z. are adapted to pass through the end of the trunk below the valance without cutting or mutilating the latter; so that whether the lid is lowered or raised the tray can stand outside the trunk.

I claim as my invention: y

v'1. In a trunk provided with a removable tray with a space between one endv and the end of the trunk, means consisting of a bracket located in said space adapted to be extended beyond the end of the trunk, one or more hinges attached to the tray and to the body of the trunk, whereby the tray may be elevated and swung outside the trunk upon said bracket.

2. vIn a trunk having avremovable tray with a space between one end and the end of the trunk, means consisting of a bracket located inA said space secured to the inner end of the trunk and adapted to beextended beyond and outside said end, one or more hinges attached to the tray and the trunk body, whereby the tray may be elevated on one end and swung outside the trunk upon said bracket.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, a swinging bracket attached to the inner face of one end of the trunk body normally extending crosswise therewith but adapted to swing outwardly, one or more hinges attached to the tray and to the said end 'of the trunk body, whereby the tray AInay be elevated on one end and swung outside the trunk body upon the said bracket.

4c. -In a 'wardrobe trunk, a swinging bracket pivoted to a lug on the inner -face of one end of the trunk body normally eX- tending crosswise therewith but adapted .to swing outwardly and be locked in position, a tray within the trunk, one or more hinges 'attached by one end to the tray and by the other end to the end of the trunk by means of which .the tray when elevated may be swung outside the trunk body and supported upon said bracket.

5. vA wardrobe trunk having a tray with a space between one end and'theend of the trunk adapted to be elevated endwise and swung outside the trunk at one end thereof, a swinging bracket located in said space and attached to the trunk, and two or more hinges connecting .the tray with the outside of the trunk, as andy for the purpose set forth.

6. In a trunk provided with a band or valance to cover the meeting line of the lid and body, a tray, one or more hinges attached to the tray and extending through the trunk below the band or valance, and secured to said body.

7. In a trunk provided with a band or val-ance to cover the meeting linc'of the lid and body, a tray, a bracket swiveled tothe inner end of the trunkand adapted to be extended beyond and outside said end below said band or valance, as and for theV purpose set forth.

'8. In a trunk provided with a band or valance to cover the meeting line of the lid and body, a tray, one or more hinges attached to the tray and extending through.'

the trunk below the band or valance, with a bracket swiveled. to the inner end of the trunk and adapted to be extended beyond and outsideysaid end below jsaid band or valance, as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 14th day of May` 1913. e

FRANK R. BOLZ. Witnesses:

J osErH A. GA'rELY, GEO. WILLIS PIERCE. 

